- Dendrocoptes dorae
Dendrocopos dorae
Identification
18 cm (7 in)
- Greyish-brown
- Blackish wings with white wing bars
- Red belly patch
- Long grey bill
Male
- Crimson hindcrown and nape
- Olive-grey to brown hindneck
Distribution
Middle East: found on the Arabian Peninsula; Saudi Arabia and Yemen
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Montane woodland up to 3000 m. Coffee plantations, well-established orchards, palm and fig groves and riparian woodland
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes wood-boring insects, ants, aphids and fig wasps.
Breeding
They make their own nest-hole to lay the 3 eggs which are incubated by both sexes for 11 days. Both adults look after the chicks which fledge after only 22 days, but remain in the nesting area for a further two months.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- ArKive
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Arabian Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Arabian_Woodpecker
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
